Songs (Incls 'The mountain maid', Op 67 & 'Melodies of the heart', Op 5)
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Songs (Incls 'The mountain maid', Op 67 & 'Melodies of the heart', Op 5)
Katarina Karnaus (mezzo-soprano) Julius Drake (piano)
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 August 2008
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'Karnéus is a singer of natural warmth and spontaneity who possesses what Grieg called the gift of 'reading between the lines' and 'interpreting a half-told tale' … A glorious disc' (Daily Telegraph Classical CD of the week)
DAILY TELEGRAPH CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK
'Swedish mezzo Katarina Karnéus is as eloquent and impassioned an advocate of Grieg as she was of Sibelius in her first recital for Hyperion. Her flavoursome voice can soar and flare thrillingly … Karnéus is a singer of natural warmth and spontaneity who possesses what Grieg called the gift of 'reading between the lines' and 'interpreting a half-told tale' … A glorious disc' (Daily Telegraph)
'Karneus is a near-ideal interpreter, with her velvety mezzo and bright communicative skills. Some favourites are here - A Swan, With a Water-lily, The Way of the World and I Love You - and the quality of the songs is consistently high. A lovely disc' (Sunday Times)
'In the mezzo-soprano of Katarina Karnéus, Hautgassa becomes a darkly erotic tale … Julius Drake provides the watery undercurrents for Karnéus's eloquent 'En svane' and 'Med en vandlilje'. Their partnership is vividly alive … with the timbre of Karnéus's mezzo particularly moving in the grief-stricken dying falls of Goethe's 'Zur Rosenzeit'' (BBC Music Magazine)
'It is Karneus's ability to characterize a song quite as much as the beauty of her singing that makes this CD so rewarding' (International Record Review)
Hyperion is delighted to present a disc of Grieg's songs. Grieg's sheer range as a song-writer-from the shortest settings, folk-like and immediate, to the depth of distinctive inspiration that runs through every bar of the major cycle Haugtussa-places him without question among the finest masters of the genre. Arne Garborg's verse-novel Haugtussa created a deep impression on Grieg. The resulting marriage of poetry and music is one of the miracles of the nineteenth-century song-cycle genre. Many regard this work as Grieg's masterpiece: it is certainly one of the greatest song-cycles for the female voice ever written, revealing the composer at the very height of his powers.
These matchless examples of Scandinavian Romanticism are performed by the partnership of Swedish mezzo-soprano Katarina Karnéus and pianist Julius Drake, who drew great critical acclaim for their disc of Sibelius songs.
Tracks:
Sex digte af Henrik Ibsen 'Six poems by Henrik Ibsen', Op 25
1 No 1: Spillemænd 'Minstrels' 'Til hende stod mine tanker 'My thoughts were with her'' [2:28]
2 No 2: En svane 'A swan' 'Min hvide svane 'My white swan'' [2:25]
3 No 3: Stambogsrim 'Album lines' 'Jeg kaldte dig mit lykkebud 'I called you my messenger of joy'' [1:47]
4 No 4: Med en vandlilje 'With a waterlily' 'Se, Marie, hvad jeg bringer 'See, Marie, what I am bringing'' [2:14]
5 No 5: Borte! 'Gone!' 'De sidste gæster 'The last guests'' [1:49]
6 No 6: En fuglevise 'A bird's song' 'Vi gik en dejlig vårdag 'We walked one lovely spring day'' [2:49]
Sechs Lieder, Op 48
7 No 1: Gruß 'Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt' [1:09]
8 No 2: Dereinst, Gedanke mein [3:05]
9 No 3: Lauf der Welt 'An jedem Abend geh' ich aus' [1:38]
10 No 4: Die verschwiegene Nachtigall 'Unter den Linden' [3:45]
11 No 5: Zur Rosenzeit 'Ihr verblühet, süße Rosen' [3:08]
12 No 6: Ein Traum 'Mir träumte einst ein schöner Traum' [2:21]
Haugtussa 'The mountain maid', Op 67
13 No 1: Det syng 'The singing' 'Å veit du den Draum og veit du den Song 'Oh, if you know the dream and if you know the song'' [4:02]
14 No 2: Veslemøy 'Little maid' 'Ho er mager og myrk og mjå 'She is thin and dark and slender'' [2:48]
15 No 3: Blåbær-Li 'Blueberry slopes' 'Nei sjå, kor det blåner her! 'Just look, how blue it is here!'' [2:59]
16 No 4: Møte 'Meeting' 'Ho sit ein Sundag lengtande i Li 'She sits one Sunday longingly on the hillside'' [4:16]
17 No 5: Elsk 'Love' 'Den galne Guten min Hug hev dåra 'That crazy boy has ensnared my mind'' [2:43]
18 No 6: Killingdans 'Goats' dance' 'Å hipp og hoppa 'Oh, hip and hop'' [2:01]
19 No 7: Vond Dag 'Hurtful day' 'Ho reknar Dag og Stund og seine Kveld 'She counts the days and hours and late evenings'' [2:52]
20 No 8: Ved Gjætle-Bekken 'By the Gjætle brook' 'Du surlande Bekk 'You swirling brook'' [6:13]
Hjertets melodier 'Melodies of the heart', Op 5
21 No 1: To brune Øjne 'Two brown eyes' [1:13]
22 No 2: En Digters Bryst 'A poet's heart' 'Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang 'You do not understand the waves' eternal motion'' [1:32]
23 No 3: Jeg elsker Dig 'I love you' 'Min Tankes Tanke ene Du er vorden 'My thought of thoughts you alone have become'' [1:33]
24 No 4: Min Tanke er et mægtigt Fjeld 'My thoughts are like a mighty mountain' [1:22]
25 Prinsessen, EG133 [3:44]
